SOCI 041: Poverty and Inequality: Data Sources

Useful resources for the study of poverty and social exclusion.

Data Sources

Social Explorer
Easy to access maps and tables from 1790-2010 census, plus American Community Survey through 2015. Downloadable in Excel, CSV, SPSS, SAS, and Stata file formats.

PolicyMap
Census data can be combined with hundreds of other social indicators, including unemployment, crime, vacancy, fair market rents.